Events
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AGM 2017 & Christmas drinks
Wednesday 6 December, 4:30 pm—7:00 pm -
You (Still) Can’t Say That! The Big PEN Comedy Gig
1 March 2018, 6:30 pm—10:30 pm
PEN Atlas
Literary dispatches from writers, readers and translators around the world.World Bookshelf
An online collection of the very best contemporary literature in translation, supported by English PEN's Writers in Translation programme.PEN Prizes
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- £5,200 covers research and production of a parliamentary briefing on new legislation